Gradle error after updating to Android Studio 2.3

Question

The gradle build is failing with the message

 Error:Could not create parent directory for lock file C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\gradle\gradle-2.14.1\wrapper\dists\gradle-2.14.1-all\8bnwg5hd3w55iofp58khbp6yv\gradle-2.14.1-all.zip.lck

This is my build.gradle(Project)

 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.

 buildscript {
   repositories {
    jcenter()
}
    dependencies {
    classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.2.3'

    // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
    // in the individual module build.gradle files
    }
 }

allprojects {
  repositories {
    jcenter()
  }
}

  task clean(type: Delete) {
    delete rootProject.buildDir
}

All projects show the same error after the update.

Answer 1

I was also facing the similar error, below changes did the job.

The issue was Android Studio 2,3 and it's default gradle version is 3.3.

I accidentally updated SDK build tools to latest one 25.0 .0, after Android Studio popped up message to update and Gradle plugin version to 2.3.0 for which required gradle version is 3.3+.

I did the below changes to fix the issue:

1. Installed older SDK build tools 19.1.0 to use previous Gradle versions
2. File> Project Structure > Project > And change the gradle version to 2.3.0
3. Changed build.gradle(Project: app_name) > classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:3.3.0' to 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:2.1.2'

Finally, do Invalidate Caches / Restart or Sync.

It seems like it's better not to use 3.3 yet. Source & Credits